South Korea’s electronics giant LG Display has firmly retained its position as the world’s top seller of Ultra-HD panels during the fourth quarter of last year. Sales numbers from IHS’s industry tracking show that LG shipped 6.27 million units during the pre-Christmas period, accounting for 31.1 per cent of the global market for these new […]
Exponential growth of 4G LTE coverage and capacity is driving wireless service growth for fixed broadband access, while FTTH, xDSL, and cable technologies reach nearly 50 per cent of global households reorts ABI Research. As 5G standardisation approaches
According to the latest Ultra HD tracking report from Futuresource Consulting, although UHD as a home entertainment format has firmly planted its stake in the market, with strong growth evident from software to hardware adoption, it remains some way off reaching levels of mass-market adoption. Futuresource Consulting has been monitoring the UHD format for over […]
After a content-starved market introduction, virtual reality (VR) is ready to thrive off a swath of new and compelling content choices. ABI Research forecasts total VR device shipments will reach 110 million by 2021. While mobile device-reliant VR shipments—such as Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream—dwarf today’s other VR device types, standalone devices will see […]
Digi-Capital’s Augmented/Virtual Reality Report and deals database recorded VCs and corporate investors pouring $2.3 billion (€2.1bn) into VR/AR startups last year, or over 3 times the $700+ million invested in 2015. 300 per cent investment growth in 12 months is impressive in any sector, let alone such an early stage market. AR hardware player Magic […]
2016 was a good year for TV sets sales in France, with 6.5 million units sold. Boosted by the Euro 2016 football tournament, sales jumped by 1.4 million compared to 2015, according to figures released by GfK. Sales will decrease in 2017 with 5.3 million sold units, predicts GfK – with two thirds of sales […]
According to market information specialist Dell’Oro Group, growth for the worldwide Broadband Access market, including PON, DSL and Cable, is projected to be driven primarily by Cable CPE device deployments over the next few years. Short-term growth is projected to be as a result of the transition to DOCSIS 3.1. “The Broadband Access market will […]
The BBC’s Planet Earth II was one of the most watched TV shows of last year. A massive 9.2 million viewers tuned in to watch the opening episode – making it the most watched natural history programme for 15 years. So it’s no wonder BBC Worldwide started 2017 by announcing a sequel. But there’s a […]
Apple shipped 78.3 million iPhones in the quarter and reported record services revenues, reports IHS. Full year iPhone shipments were down in 2016, but the launch of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus helped Apple return to growth in Q4. The strong performance shows how the iPhone remains Apple’s growth engine. iPhones accounted for 69 […]
Data from Juniper Research has found that the consumer IoT (Internet of Things) installed base will reach over 15 billion units by 2021, an increase of 120 per cent over 2016. As evidenced at the CES